半球

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	ball; sphere
simp. and trad. (半球)		半	球

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ kau⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pòaⁿ-kiû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): buan³ giu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàncióu
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-chʻiu²
    • Yale: bàn-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannchyou
    • Palladius: баньцю (banʹcju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànqiúr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàncióur
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-chʻiu²-ʼrh
    • Yale: bàn-chyóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannchyoul
    • Palladius: баньцюр (banʹcjur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ kau⁴
    • Yale: bun kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ kʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: puànn-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarkiuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ kiu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kiu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: buan³ giu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puàⁿ kiû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kiu⁵⁵/

Noun

半球

1. hemisphere

   大腦半球／大脑半球  ―  dànǎo bànqiú  ―  cerebral hemisphere

2. (specifically) hemisphere of the Earth

Derived terms

• 優勢半球 / 优势半球
• 兩半球 / 两半球
• 北半球 (běibànqiú)
• 半球形 (bànqiúxíng)
• 半球體 / 半球体
• 南半球 (nánbànqiú)
• 東半球 / 东半球 (dōngbànqiú)
• 水半球
• 西半球 (xībànqiú)
• 陸半球 / 陆半球

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
半	球
はん Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 3
kan'on

Etymology

半 (han-, “hemi-”) +‎ 球 (-kyū, “sphere”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はんきゅう [hàńkyúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [hã̠ŋʲkʲɨː]

Noun

半(はん)球(きゅう) • (hankyū) ^{←はんきう (fankiu)?}

1. a hemisphere

See also

• 北(きた)半(はん)球(きゅう) (Kitahankyū, “Northern Hemisphere”)
• 南(みなみ)半(はん)球(きゅう) (Minamihankyū, “Southern Hemisphere”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
半	球

Noun

半球 • (ban-gu) (hangeul 반구)

1. hanja form^? of 반구 (“hemisphere”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
半	球

Noun

半球

1. chữ Hán form of bán cầu (“hemisphere”).